HAPPY’s Tireless Quest for Perfection: Ongoing Updates

HAPPYJapan’s unending efforts to improve their product is one of the brand’s greatest strengths: Long after the machines are released for sale, the company continues innovate and test, as well as take suggestions from the field, and respond with updates that are immediately made available for existing owners. While this is a natural process for any product cycle that can be used to correct bugs or weaknesses (which the company does on the rare occasions that it occurs), HAPPY more often comes out with updates that weren’t spurred by deficiencies at all, but by a sincere drive to improve the product. Have a look at the mid-life updates that have been released from time to time for existing and new machines below, all available for free to HAPPY machine owners:

1. Ability to add custom hoop maps: operator can add additional hoops to the machine hoop library
2. Live view of hoop / design position: keeps the operator aware of design position and fit in the hoop
3. Adjust cut length by individual colors: Allows for performance differences between different types of thread
4. Windows compatibility upgrades: Updates are released to keep the machines compatible with new versions of Windows for the optional (but not necessary) live PC connection
5. Improvements to onboard lettering – First introduced in this control panel generation, additional features such as different sizes and layout (spacing) options are made available
6. Onboard help added – instructions for basic operations on the machine
7. Ability to browse networked PC: when connected to a PC by network cable, you can search the connected PC for designs, directly in the machine

These improvements are added to new machines coming off the factory floor, but are also made available as updates that customers can install on their own machines free of charge.